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Doris 1944

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Doris (ex-Vineyard)   Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK 1943 8/5/1944 8/1944 to United Kingdom 1947 (Vineyard)
Morse (ex-Vortex)   Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK 1943 19/8/1944 11/1944 to Denmark 1947 (Sælen)
  

Displacement standard, t

545

Displacement normal, t

658 - 662 / 740

Length, m

62.3

Breadth, m

4.90

Draught, m

4.65

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Paxman diesel-generators / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

615 / 825

Max speed, kts

11.25 / 10

Fuel, t

diesel oil 55

Endurance, nm(kts) 4700(10) / 30(9)

Armament

4 - 533 TT (bow, 8 torpedoes or 6 Ì2 mines), 1 x 1 - 76/45 QF MkI HA, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon

Sensors

type 267QW radar, sonars

Complement

33

Diving depth operational, m

90

Ship project history: Ex-British submarines of U class (long hull) transferred to France in day of completing, returned after war.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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